In the middle of the night, the barracks was not very quiet, although most of the people were resting, but the footsteps of the soldiers in charge of patrols would still come in from time to time. The fires and torches in the barracks were not extinguished, and from time to time there would be one or two "crackling" sounds of sparks exploding.

At this moment, in the camp tent of Mu Xiaojiu and Hu Xiaoxian, Hu Xiaoxian had already fallen asleep, Mu Xiaojiu sat cross-legged, slowly breathing, and while waiting for Li Ling to visit, he was practicing internal strength. At this time, he seemed to have become a rock, and no matter how many voices from the outside world could affect him in the slightest.

Until the curtain of the tent was lifted, that faint sound made Mu Xiaojiu open his eyes in an instant and look at the door. He knew that the moment he had been waiting for had come.

However, the person who met Mu Xiaojiu's eyes surprised him. He thought that Li Ling would find someone to come over and call him, but what he didn't expect was that Li Ling actually came over in person.

Not only Mu Xiaojiu was looking at Li Ling, Li Ling was also looking at him.

Li Ling, who pushed open the curtain and came in, first glanced at Mu Xiaojiu, who was sitting cross-legged in front of him, and then looked around the camp tent, and when he found that he didn't see the figure of the fox Xiaoxian, and the curtain at the head of the bed had been lowered again, he immediately understood that the fox Xiaoxian should have fallen asleep.

Therefore, Li Ling smiled at Mu Xiaojiu, then made a look and motioned for him to go out to talk. Mu Xiaojiu also glanced at the direction of the bed, then nodded and followed Li Ling out.

"General Li really came, but I don't know what happened to General Li's late night visit?" Out of the camp tent, Mu Xiaojiu first carefully re-blocked the curtain at the door, and then asked.

Li Ling didn't answer Mu Xiaojiu's question immediately, but said: "I have long heard that Master Mu is very emotional, and when I saw it today, I really saw it, and it was worthy of its reputation." ”

Mu Xiaojiu was slightly stunned, he really couldn't figure out why Li Ling was mentioning this matter.

"Wood-sama." After walking to the fire, Li Ling sat down directly and casually, and then continued: "Actually, I came to you late tonight because I wanted to ask you some questions. ”

Mu Xiaojiu sat down, and then waved his hand, "General Li is polite, I can't talk about it, I'm not a master, it's good for everyone to discuss it." ”

Li Ling smiled slightly, obviously a little noncommittal to Mu Xiaojiu's words, "Lord Mu, in this vast world, who doesn't know that you once used your own strength to make suggestions, and played with many foreign forces between your words, and even made Da Yuan almost annihilated?" With such unparalleled wisdom, please don't be modest. ”

Mu Xiaojiu raised his eyebrows slightly, I don't know why, this time over, Li Ling's performance was always a little weird, it felt as if he was deliberately forcing himself to do something.

But he didn't rush to find out and explain his thoughts, after all, this was just his personal thoughts, not to mention that now he was only suspicious, and there was no real evidence.

"Speaking of which, the incident with Dayuan back then was mainly a coincidence, and the most important thing is that I was able to do that kind back then, in fact, it was opportunistic." Mu Xiaojiu's expression was as usual, and his gaze looked directly into Li Ling's eyes. However, he didn't see even the slightest dodge in it, Li Ling's eyes were bright, bright, and even with a kind of majesty. But if you look closely, you will find that Li Ling's eyes do not contain a trace of emotion.

Bright and spiritual, but without a trace of emotion, this feeling is very awkward, as if Li Ling's pair of eyes are just a pair of gems, although they are dazzling, but they have no life.

"Really?" Li Ling also looked into Mu Xiaojiu's eyes, and the corners of his mouth seemed to be smiling, "That-"

"Speaking of which, I have some doubts, and I want to ask General Li first." Mu Xiaojiu suddenly interrupted Li Ling's words, "General Li, your martial arts are good, if I am not mistaken, I'm afraid your martial arts are not low." When you came to my tent before, I didn't even hear your footsteps, but just now I carefully observed your strength, and then I found that General Li turned out to be a master of the master realm. ”

"Heh, Lord Mu is serious." Li Ling smiled slightly, "If it weren't for Lord Mu's previous concentration in cultivation, how could he not hear the footsteps below?" Speaking of which, Master Mu is sensitive. I gently pushed open the curtain, and the little wind brought up actually woke up Lord Mu. It's just that I don't know why Lord Mu is so vigilant when he is in this military camp? ”

The corners of Mu Xiaojiu's eyes twitched slightly.

"General Li, I am a Jianghu person, and I am generally very vigilant. What's more, now that I am in the barracks, and it is an opportunity for the two armies to fight, is it wrong for me to be more vigilant? General Lee's remarks are a bit nitpicky. ”

Li Ling couldn't help but sneer in his heart, and there was a little more mockery on his face, "Master Mu, the name of the wine boy is known to the world, after all, you are the first person on the list." I often heard that people in the rivers and lakes have always disdained the imperial court. In the past, Liu Zhengfeng of Hengshan entered the dynasty as an official, and was despised by many people in the rivers and lakes, I don't know why you chose to enter the dynasty as an official? ”

Mu Xiaojiu became more and more unpredictable about Li Ling's thoughts and motives, so he thought about it for a while, and finally said with a little vigilance: "Your Majesty ordered me to enter the court as an official, how can I not obey?" ”

"Then I don't know about Wood-sama-"

"General Li, if you have anything to say, please speak directly." Mu Xiaojiu narrowed his eyes slightly, "Now that the enemy is present, I don't have the heart to intrigue with you." If you have anything to ask, please don't be a mother-in-law. ”

"Tsk, can't you help it?" Li Ling smiled, but he didn't find that Mu Xiaojiu's hand was already wrapped in his sleeve, he casually took out a piece of paper from his arms and handed it to Mu Xiaojiu's hand, "Lord Mu, Envoy Mu, this is a letter from you, but I don't know why, why don't you open it in advance and take a look?" Are you too confident in yourself? ”

Mu Xiaojiu was stunned, took the paper from Li Ling's hand, and then looked at the firelight. It doesn't matter if you don't look at it, this look suddenly made him feel a pang in his heart.

The inscription under this letter belongs to General Zhang Qizhang, and from Li Ling's words, it seems that this should be the letter he sent today. There was nothing wrong with the letter at the front, except for a mention of the situation on the North Shore; But at the end of the letter, there was a special sentence on it, which was: "Mu Xiaojiu has a problem, the tanuki is replaced by the prince, handle it carefully." ”

Zhang Qi? How so?

Mu Xiaojiu was a little unclear, so if Zhang Qi really felt that he had a problem, then why did he let himself come to Chongming Island?

Li Ling obviously didn't know the complicated thoughts in Mu Xiaojiu's heart, he only saw the shock on Mu Xiaojiu's face, so he subconsciously thought that Mu Xiaojiu really had a problem, so he was so surprised.

"General Ben took you around the camp tonight just to find your horse's feet, but what I didn't expect was that you were so good and did a great job of preparation. But I'm afraid you still didn't expect that you showed two horses' feet. ”

"At the beginning, I really didn't notice any problems after your trip, but the more I thought about it when I went back, the more wrong it became. Those four people are acting so obviously, even I can see that something is wrong, and you don't even notice that they are acting because someone likes you? I think you're aware of it, but you're just worried that you'll lose too much talk, so pretend it's nothing. ”

"Also, I don't want to say that you were so vigilant in the barracks, but when we went on a tour, you didn't even ask about the placement of the fox girl once. Judging from the scene where you carefully blocked the curtain after you came out just now, you should know that the real wine boy Mu Xiaojiu is very emotional, so he will pretend to be in front of me, but unfortunately, a wise man must make a mistake in a thousand thoughts. ”

As he spoke, Li Ling's face became full of mockery, "That's right, these two small problems are actually easy to explain, if I were you, I would be able to come up with a lot of reasons." It's a pity, do you think I trust my comrade-in-arms more, or do you believe more in you, a stranger I have never met? Although your performance is already perfect, these two clues are enough for me to confirm Zhang Qi's judgment. ”

Mu Xiaojiu suddenly sighed, "I have to say, General Li, you are really like a torch, and you were able to find clues for two days." Even I didn't know that I still had such an unreliable performance. But what you don't know is that this is the real me. ”

Li Ling sneered, "What, do you still have to defend yourself?" ”

Mu Xiaojiu shook his head: "Justification? What do I justify? I am who I am, why should I defend who I am? I just want to say, General Lee, you are so stupid. ”

As he spoke, Mu Xiaojiu raised his eyebrows, "Do you think that my girlfriend who gets along with me day and night will treat others as me?" Will you mistake me? Also, you are too cautious in your temptation, with all due respect, in fact, you only need to find Yu Yifei and the four of them and let them confront me face to face to know my true or false. Even though many of my things can be heard by outsiders, few people know about what I did on Peach Blossom Island back then. The simpler way is that the token can be imitated, the face can be imitated, and even the voice personality can be imitated, but my kung fu, others can't imitate it. ”

As he spoke, Mu Xiaojiu's eyes suddenly narrowed, and the next moment, the sword flashed up!

Li Ling only felt that his eyes suddenly lit up with a light, and before he could resist it, he suddenly found in horror that there was a little warmth coming from his neck. He knew it was the feeling of blood spilling after the blade had slashed through his neck.

Mu Xiaojiu's knife had already hit Li Ling's neck, and even cut a little skin.

"General Li, do you know? In fact, sometimes, smart people are better fooled than stupid people. Mu Xiaojiu put away the knife and stood there looking at Li Ling, "Stupid people admit that they are dead, a tendon, but smart people like to beat around the bush and make up for their own brains, obviously very simple things, some smart people will always make him very complicated; Things that are obvious at a glance, but some smart people always like to fill in with unreliable things they find and make things confusing. ”

"It's like my identity, so many ways to verify, you have to observe for yourself, and in your hypothetical eyes, even if it is reasonable, it will become unreasonable when it comes to you. If it's a little unreasonable, you'll magnify it infinitely. The question is, how do you know, what my true personality looks like? ”

Mu Xiaojiu picked up the letter paper, "If I were a fake, this knife just now would have taken your life." General Li, you are too arrogant, and we are both masters of the realm, so you feel that you have no fear, you can take me to a place where no one is to interrogate me slowly. But you haven't thought that although your light body kung fu is good, and your martial arts are not bad, the gap between the two of us is still very big. What you said earlier was right, if I hadn't consciously closed off part of my hearing for the sake of cultivation, how could I not have noticed your footsteps? ”

Li Ling looked at Mu Xiaojiu in a daze, not knowing what to say.

"I won't find a reason to justify myself, I'm Mu Xiaojiu, if you don't believe it, you can ask yourself, or find someone to come and confront me. I just want to say, it's right that you trust General Zhang Qizhang, I also believe in him, and I believe even more, if he really thinks that I have a problem, then why don't you just leave my life on the north shore? ”

After speaking, Mu Xiaojiu took two steps forward, put the letter in front of Li Ling, and then turned around and sat down, looking at Li Ling coldly.

Li Ling grabbed the letter, frowned, and only exhaled for a while.

"Since Master Mu said so, then do you dare to go to the disciple's camp on Peach Blossom Island with me to confront it?" After a pause, Li Ling continued: "Although I have begun to doubt the authenticity of this letter, I still have to confirm it just in case. Even though I may have been clever and mistaken once, I still believe what I saw with my own eyes. ”

Mu Xiaojiu nodded, "Yes, I'll go with you, just this time, it's my consideration for the overall situation." ”

Li Ling's brows slowly relaxed, "In that case, I still have a question to think——"

"Ask." Mu Xiaojiu spoke directly.

Li Ling smiled bitterly, "Assuming you are really Mu Xiaojiumu's envoy, but I am very sure that Zhang Qi will not lie to me." Moreover, judging from this letter, whether it is the handwriting or the tone of the letter, there is no problem with this letter, it is definitely from Zhang Qi's hand. Master Mu, you said earlier that you also believe in Zhang Qi, then, in this way, if both of you are true, then these two things are completely contradictory. ”

Mu Xiaojiu pursed his lips, "When General Zhang writes a letter, will he find someone to write it on his behalf?" ”

"Impossible." Li Ling shook his head and said, "This kind of letter involving military intelligence, he will definitely write it himself." Moreover, his handwriting is excellent, and His Majesty has praised him personally, so he has always done everything by himself, and will never let others do it for him. ”